"NSW Labor are backing this state Greens bill and it is excellent news that federal Labor are also on board.

“At Port Kembla in the Illawarra over 10, 000 steelworks workers are vulnerable due to the downturn in international steel prices and foreign manufacturers dumping sub cost steel on the Australian market.

“Last year in Parliament I urged the Liberal-National Government to work with the steel industry, unions, businesses and communities to develop a constructive Steel Industry Plan and public procurement frameworks.

"If Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull fails to back this survival plan he will be out of step with increasing numbers of OECD countries that have taken serious action to save their steel industries."